"Mastering Diabetes" with Robby Barbaro, MPH
Robby Barbaro, MPH graduated from the University of Florida and is the cofounder of Mastering Diabetes and Amla Green. He worked at Forks Over Knives for six years before turning his attention in 2016 to coaching people with diabetes full time. He is the co-host of the annual Mastering Diabetes Online Summit, a featured speaker at Whole Foods Global Headquarters, VegFest LA, Plant-Stock, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, and has been featured on Forks Over Knives, Healthline, Medical Medium, Vice, Thrive Magazine, Diet Fiction, Thrive Global, BestLife and the wildly popular podcasts Plant Proof and Nutrition Rounds, and is the author of the instant New York Times Bestseller book Mastering Diabetes with Cyrus Khambatta, PhD. In this episode Robby shares his personal story of living with Type I Diabetes and how his curiosity and experimenting with different diets led him to discovering plant-based nutrition, starting his coaching career and writing a book with his business partner Cyrus Khambatta, PhD. Robby describes the path of physiology of diabetes, addressees common myths and misconceptions, explains the different types of diabetes, and shows how different diets can help to either worsen or improve or even reverse diabetes. Tune in to learn more! This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit https://bit.ly/EmoryLM
Episode 113 of the The Whole Health Cure podcast, hosted by Sharon Bergquist, MD, Robby Barbaro, titled ""Mastering Diabetes" with Robby Barbaro, MPH" was published on October 16, 2020 and runs 31 minutes.
October 16, 2020 ·31m · The Whole Health Cure
Summary
Robby Barbaro, MPH graduated from the University of Florida and is the cofounder of Mastering Diabetes and Amla Green. He worked at Forks Over Knives for six years before turning his attention in 2016 to coaching people with diabetes full time. He is the co-host of the annual Mastering Diabetes Online Summit, a featured speaker at Whole Foods Global Headquarters, VegFest LA, Plant-Stock, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, and has been featured on Forks Over Knives, Healthline, Medical Medium, Vice, Thrive Magazine, Diet Fiction, Thrive Global, BestLife and the wildly popular podcasts Plant Proof and Nutrition Rounds, and is the author of the instant New York Times Bestseller book Mastering Diabetes with Cyrus Khambatta, PhD. In this episode Robby shares his personal story of living with Type I Diabetes and how his curiosity and experimenting with different diets led him to discovering plant-based nutrition, starting his coaching career and writing a book with his business partner Cyrus Khambatta, PhD. Robby describes the path of physiology of diabetes, addressees common myths and misconceptions, explains the different types of diabetes, and shows how different diets can help to either worsen or improve or even reverse diabetes. Tune in to learn more! This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit https://bit.ly/EmoryLM
Episode Description
Robby Barbaro, MPH graduated from the University of Florida and is the cofounder of Mastering Diabetes and Amla Green. He worked at Forks Over Knives for six years before turning his attention in 2016 to coaching people with diabetes full time.
Robby was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 12 and has been living this lifestyle since 2006. In that time, while eating pounds of fruit every day, his HbA1c value has never exceeded 6.4%, and his blood glucose has been stable and easy to manage.
He is the co-host of the annual Mastering Diabetes Online Summit, a featured speaker at Whole Foods Global Headquarters, VegFest LA, Plant-Stock, Torrance Memorial Medical Center, and has been featured on Forks Over Knives, Healthline, Medical Medium, Vice, Thrive Magazine, Diet Fiction, Thrive Global, BestLife and the wildly popular podcasts Plant Proof and Nutrition Rounds, and is the author of the instant New York Times Bestseller book Mastering Diabetes with Cyrus Khambatta, PhD.
In this conversation Robby Barbaro talk about the book he coauthored with Cyrus Khambatta, PhD called Mastering Diabetes,The Revolutionary Method to Reverse Insulin Resistance Permanently in Type 1, Type 1.5, Type 2, Prediabetes, and Gestational Diabetes.
In this episode Robby shares his personal story of living with Type I Diabetes and how his curiosity and experimenting with different diets led him to discovering plant-based nutrition, starting his coaching career and writing a book with his business partner Cyrus Khambatta, PhD. Robby describes the path of physiology of diabetes, addressees common myths and misconceptions, explains the different types of diabetes, and shows how different diets can help to either worsen or improve or even reverse diabetes. Tune in to learn more!
To learn more about Robby's work please visit:
Website: https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/masteringdiabetes/
YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/user/mindfuldiabeticrobby
Twitter: https://twitter.com/masteringdib
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyrus-khambatta-32686a4/ and https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbybarbaro/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/masteringdiabetes.org/
This podcast is brought to you by Emory Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness. To learn more about our work, please visit
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